Hello, everyone! Here is chapter seven, where the Club Battle tournament and the Pewter Gym re-challenge are all clubbed into one. Make sure to review!

Note: When I talked about Misty being bashed, it was SARCASTIC. I don't hate Misty - she's a likeable character but I don't exactly love her either.

And guys, please refrain from cursing in reviews, particularly to one guest reviewer - who didn't have the balls to login and write it - who used the f-bomb not once, but several times. Thanks.


"So…What do we do now?" Leaf asked, taking the last bite from the bowl of noodles.

Ash shrugged. "We've got more than an hour before the tournament starts, and I have to get there quickly. After that…I guess I'll be ready for the Pewter gym rematch."

Misty gave a silent burp. "Who's your opponent?" she asked in curiosity.

"I don't know," Ash admitted, "but I better get ready for it."

Ash took another sip from the glass of water next to him before getting up and walking to his room. The previous day was tiring for him, since all he did was train and train his pokémon. He didn't exactly expect that he would win his first tournament, but he certainly would be happy if he did. After that, he would heal his pokémon and directly head to the Pewter Gym to challenge Brock once again.

Ash took off his cap and threw it in the air, eventually hitting the window of his cabin and falling to the ground. His eyelids felt heavy and he decided that all he needed right now was a good rest for about an hour before he woke up.


"Hello, everyone!" said Don George's loud voice, echoing in the stadium. "Welcome to the semifinals and finals of the Club Battle tournament!

"Today's matches will, hopefully, be tougher and longer than the previous battles," he said with a chuckle. "And now, here are the matchups for the semifinals!"

Ash looked up and saw the large screen ahead of him shuffling four cards to randomly determine the matchups for the semifinals. This went on for around half a minute, the shuffling slowing down second by second. The cards stopped and turned to let the semifinalists find their opponents.

"And now we have our first battle between Trainers Paul and Chester!" Don George exclaimed. Ash smirked as he saw the purple-haired boy from yesterday facing off against one of the strongest trainers in this tournament. Ash himself knew that Chester and his Poliwhirl were formidable opponents and he was happy that he was not facing him. However, Paul's Bulbasaur could very well turn the tables with the type advantage.

"And our second match will be between Trainers Ash and Damian!" Don George exclaimed, and Ash turned to look for the blue-haired boy who had a sneer on his face.

Once Paul and Chester walked onto the field, the referee declared, "This will be a two-on-two pokémon battle! No substitutions are allowed and there will be no usage of items. Trainer Lewis will have the choice of first pokémon!"

Lewis tossed his great-ball in the air and said, "Go, Poliwhirl."

After a moment of deciding, Paul took out a pokeball. "Elekid, stand by for battle!" Paul shouted, throwing the pokeball in the air which snapped open and sent out a yellow, round-bodied pokémon with black stripes. His arms were bulky in proportion to his body and he had three claws instead of fingers. The pokémon had a sneer on his face and wriggled his arms before glaring at Poliwhirl.

"Elekid, the electric pokémon, is an electric type pokémon," Ash's pokedex said in its monotonous voice while Ash rolled his eyes. "It generates electricity by whirling its arms. However, it can't store the energy it makes. Elekid are considered baby pokémon since they cannot breed. This Elekid is a male."

Ash blinked in confusion. "Wait. Elekid is a baby pokémon?" He shook his head in disbelief. "I wonder how that Paul guy got such a rare pokémon," Ash muttered.

Ash then heard the referee yell "Begin!"

"You can have the first move," Paul said rather curtly.

Chester shrugged. "Alright then, if you want this to get over quickly. Poliwhirl, use Mud shot!"

"Elekid, dodge it with Quick Attack!" Paul ordered.

Elekid nodded and quickly disappeared, leaving a trail of white behind him. With a drastic sidestep to the right he evaded the hug blob of mud that Poliwhirl fired from the spiral on his belly which would've surely knocked out the electric type.

"Elekid, Thunder Wave!" Paul shouted quickly, Elekid firing a weak jolt of electricity from between his horns. The jolt of electricity struck Poliwhirl and sparks engulfed his body for a minute.

"Poliwhirl, you okay?" Chester asked. Poliwhirl nodded as he got up from his knees and glared at Elekid.

"And Elekid has done a great job by paralyzing Poliwhirl!" Don George exclaimed. "This may prove to be difficult for Chester and his wonderful Poliwhirl!"

"Elekid, use Shock Wave!" Paul commanded.

"Block it with Mud Shot!" Chester called out.

Elekid instantly jumped feet off the air and brought his arms forward, firing beams of blue electricity from each fist, which quickly headed towards Poliwhirl. The water type retorted by shooting another blob of mud that collided against the electricity, stopping it in its tracks as a cloud of dust took its place.

"Poliwhirl, Ice Punch that maggot!" Chester said with a wild grin.

Elekid froze on the spot as Poliwhirl miraculously leapt through the veil of dust with his fist surrounded by an icy glow. Poliwhirl immediately jabbed the surprised Elekid on his face, freezing part of it. Elekid stumbled to the ground while Poliwhirl stood on him victoriously.

"Elekid, get up!" Paul shouted.

"Keep him pinned to the ground, Poliwhirl," Chester said with a smirk. Elekid grunted as Poliwhirl pressed his foot on the electric type's body even harder, crossing his arms in arrogance.

"Elekid, Thundershock!"

Poliwhirl's eyes widened as Elekid let loose a small burst of electricity, coursing through Poliwhirl's body and electrocuting him. Poliwhirl slumped to the ground and struggled to get up as Elekid did the same.

"Poliwhirl, use Mud shot!" Chester said. Poliwhirl quickly jumped back to his feet and shot a big dribble of mud that sped towards Elekid, crashing into him, engulfing him and sticking him to the ground. The mud seemed to be very sticky and Elekid was having a hard time trying to get up.

"Now use Body Slam!" Chester called out.

"Elekid, use Shock Wave!" Paul commanded, gritting his teeth in anger. Paul scowled as his pokémon ineffectively tried to shock Poliwhirl, the electricity blocked by the mud. Poliwhirl jumped high in the air and then plummeted down, crashing into Elekid with his elbow as a strident crack echoed in Ash's ears.

Elekid groaned in agony as a rib of his cracked, eyes widening in pain. The electric type groaned softly before clonking his head against the ground and being knocked out.

"Elekid is unable to battle!" the referee declared. "Trainer Paul, please send out your next pokémon!"

"Return, Elekid!" Paul pressed the button on his pokeball and absorbed Elekid in a flash of red light, freeing him from the mud that stuck him to the ground. Paul let out a low growl before saying: "Bulbasaur, stand by for battle!"

The Bulbasaur materialized on the floor, letting out a timid cry of "Bulbasaur…!" Poliwhirl, although hurt, still managed to intimidate the Bulbasaur, even though the seed pokémon had a clear type advantage over the Poliwhirl.

"Begin!" the referee announced.

"Bulbasaur, use Leech Seed!" Paul shouted.

Bulbasaur grunted as an obsidian-black seed shot out from his bulb and soared towards Poliwhirl. Vines then began to sprout from the seed and wrapped Poliwhirl. The vines grew tighter every time the water type struggled against them.

"Bulbasaur, use Vine Whip!"

Two vines immediately sprouted from underneath the green bulb and swiftly lashed Poliwhirl, making him wince in pain.

Chester panicked, but he then smirked. "Poliwhirl…put it to sleep."

"Bulbasaur, dodge it!"

Instead, Bulbasaur simply stood in his spot and crouched as Poliwhirl intensely glared at him. The tadpole pokémon's eyes then glowed a brilliant, bright blue and stared deeply into Bulbasaur's eyes as the circular pattern on his belly seemed to swirl too. The grass type's eyelid fell heavy until his finally closed his eyes, fast asleep.

Paul clenched his fist. "Get up, you moron!" he growled.

"Poliwhirl, finish it with a dual Ice Punch!" Chester commanded.

A second later, both of Poliwhirl's fists glowed blue and hi then punched Bulbasaur, freezing the bulb on his body and part of his face. Bulbasaur unconsciously flinched before moaning – he was out cold…pun not intended.

"Bulbasaur is unable to battle!" the referee announced. "Therefore the winner of this battle is Chester and his Poliwhirl!"

Paul scowled. "Return, you weak creature!" he shouted, recalling the knocked out Bulbasaur. The purple-haired trainer then disrespectfully stormed out of the stadium without congratulating his opponent.

Don George then came on the field with a mic in hand. "Well, that was a quick match!" The crowd laughed. "So, it seems that Chester will be advancing to the finals! Our next battle will be between Trainers Damien and Ash!"

Ash smiled as he walked onto the field and took his position, facing the blue-haired boy in front of him. He was a few years elder to him and seemed pretty experienced – the sneer on his face clearly showed his arrogance as a trainer.

The referee waited for a few moments and then raised a flag, yelling, "We will have the same rules as the previous match." The two trainers nodded, with Damien doing it rather curtly. "Begin!"

"Weepinbell, go!" Damien called, sending forth a yellow, bell-shaped pokémon with a large leaf on each side of her body. She had a wide, gaping mouth with pink lips and large eyes that made her look oblivious of everything. The pokémon hopped in her spot while Ash simply looked at her in confusion.

"Weepinbell…?" he said, flipping open his pokedex and scanning the weird pokémon.

"Weepinbell," the pokedex said, "the flycatcher pokémon, is a dual grass and poison type pokémon. Weepinbell has a large hook on its rear end. At night, this pokémon hooks onto a tree branch and goes to sleep. This pokémon douses unwary prey with Poison Powder and then finishes them off with Acid. This Weepinbell is a female."

"Okay Lateralus, I choose you!" Ash called out, the polygonal creature bursting out and floating a few inches off the ground.

"Begin!" the referee called out.

Ash immediately called out: "Ice Beam!" Lateralus fired a thick sheet of ice that quickly froze Weepinbell's left leaf, the grass type struggling to break free from the ice.

"Weepinbell, use Growth!" Damien ordered.

Weepinbell's body was outlined in orange as her body grew to a fairly bigger size. The ice coating her leaf broke due to the sheer size of the leaf now.

"Weepinbell, use Acid!" the blue-haired trainer called out.

Weepinbell jumped in the air and sprayed thick, purple acid that streamed towards the Porygon, threatening to poison the artificially created pokémon. Lateralus simply fired a Psybeam which obliterated the poison.

"Lateralus, use Psybeam!" Ash called out, Lateralus shooting a multicolored beam from its eyes that struck Weepinbell head-on.

Weepinbell let out a low shriek in pain, stunned by the Psybeam she had just received. Lateralus took advantage of this and quickly attacked Weepinbell with another Psybeam.

"What the hell are you doing?" Damien yelled. "Now use Wrap!"

Weepinbell shrugged off her pain and then glared at Lateralus. The hook on top of her body then lengthened and shot towards Lateralus, wrapping around it and limiting its movements.

Ash grinned. Lateralus still can use its special moves, though, he thought. "Lateralus, use Psybeam!"

Lateralus struggled to nod, and then fired a colorful beam that hit Weepinbell in the face, blinding her. Weepinbell let loose of her vine and set Lateralus free from her grip. Ash smiled at the fact that Weepinbell couldn't even hurt his Porygon by squeezing it.

"Now finish it off with Tackle!" Ash ordered. Lateralus nodded at that, charged at Weepinbell and then slammed into her with its whole body. That one attack was enough to knock Weepinbell out, and Damien recalled the flycatcher pokémon back into her pokeball.

"Grr…Charmander, go!" Damien called out, the lizard pokémon jumping on the ground as the flame on his tail flickered.

"Wait, he's got a Charmander?" Ash tilted his head in confusion before shaking it. "Never mind – Lateralus, use Psybeam!"

"Charmander, use Dragin Rage!" Damien ordered.

Charmander's flame grew to an immense size as he readied a scarlet ball of fire in his mouth, growling madly. Charmander then launched the ball of flames at Lateralus.

"Lateralus, dodge it!"

Lateralus whirled to the side and was nearly hit by Dragon Rage, only being scratched by the flames.

"Charmander, Ember!" Charmander opened his sharply-toothed mouth and shot several, cracking embers that sped towards Lateralus. The embers scorched the Porygon, making the cyber creature wince in pain.

"Now finish it off with Fire Fang!" Damien called out, a sadistic glint in his eyes.

"Lateralus, dodge it!" Ash said.

"Oh no, you don't! Stop it with Scary Face!" Damien countered.

Charmander's eyes immediately glowed red, glaring at Lateralus but with a weird grin. A large illusion of his face then appeared and fired it at his opponent, scaring it and making Lateralus unable to move.

Ash cursed as he saw Charmander's hot and fiery teeth sink into the virtual pokémon's body, making it make a mechanical sound in pain. Charmander dug his teeth deeper until Lateralus passed out. Lateralus slumped to the ground and closed its eyes in defeat.

"Return, Lateralus!" Ash said, absorbing it back into its pokeball. "You did great, Lateralus. Now get some rest," he said to the pokeball with a smile. He then clipped it to his belt and took out another. "Pidgeotto, go!"

"Begin!" Ash heard the referee say.

"Use Quick Attack!" ordered Ash, the avian flying speedily towards Charmander with a trail of white light behind her and then slamming into the fire type.

"Now use Gust!" Ash added with a grin. Pidgeotto strongly flapped her wings and struck Charmander with powerful winds, making him fly a few feet into the air before he crashed on the ground.

"Charmander, use Smokescreen!" Damien said. Charmander released thick, black smoke from his mouth that covered the battlefield, making it hard for Ash and everyone else to see anything going on.

"Pidgeotto, use Whirlwind and blow it away!" Pidgeotto flapped her wings again and blew the smoke away, making the field visible once more.

But the bird pokémon shrieked in pain as Charmander's fangs dug into her wing, Pidgeotto plummeting down due to her lack of flight.

Pidgeotto crashed into the ground, a few feathers knocked out of her left wings. Part of her wing was scorched and her feather singed from the Fire Fang. She could get up to her knees, but her wing was still weak.

"Pidgeotto, can you manage a Steel Wing, but only with your right wing?" Ash asked, and Pidgeotto nodded. She didn't have to be asked to perform it – her right wing glowed silver and hardened into metal as she ran towards Charmander, smacking him with her wing repeatedly.

"Awesome! Now use Wing Attack!" Ash said with a grin.

Charmander cringed in pain, a little less this time, as the glow on Pidgeotto's wing disappeared and it softened. Pidgeotto then gave Charmander an uppercut with her wing, the lizard soaring a foot off the ground before diving down.

"Charmander, get up and use Scratch!" Damien called out. Charmander winced in pain from the previous attack before grunting, getting up and scratching Pidgeotto's torso with his claws.

"Now use Dragin Rage!" Damien shouted.

Charmander let out a loud growl as the flame on his tail grew, forming a ball of fire in his mouth that too grew to a fairly huge size. Charmander then pushed his head forward, launching the sphere of flames at Pidgeotto. Pidgeotto took the brunt from the attack and flew back, slamming into the ground. The flying type struggled to get up for a while before she slumped down in defeat.

"…And Pidgeotto is unable to battle! Therefore the ultimate winner of this match is Damien and his pokémon!" the referee said, raising a flag that was towards Damien.

Damien smirked and recalled Charmander into his pokeball, stepping down from his trainer box without even shaking hands with Ash. Ash simply shrugged it off and recalled Pidgeotto and smiled at her pokeball.

"You did great, Pidgeotto!" Ash said with a smile. "Now let's get you to the Pokémon Centre."

"Those were two tremendous battles from our participants!" Don George exclaimed, and the crowd cheered. "And now, for the finals, we have Trainers Chester and Damien! Hold onto your seats, folks! This is going to be one tough battle!"


"Now, Poliwhirl – Water Gun!" Chester exclaimed.

The tadpole pokémon leapt into the air and sprayed a forceful jet of water that blasted Charmander to the wall. Charmander struck the wall and then groaned before he fell to the ground.

"Charmander is unable to battle!" the referee declared. "Poliwhirl wins! The winner of this match is Trainer Chester!"

Ash smiled at the winning trainer as he walked up the stage and collected his prize – Rare Candies. Although he was happy for Chester, he felt dejected at his loss. Nevertheless, he walked out of the Battle Club and made his way to the Pokémon Centre, with Misty and Leaf following him.

"…And I can't believe that his Poliwhirl managed to defeat all three of Damien's pokémon!" Misty exclaimed; Ash rolled his eyes as she continued to talk about the overpowered Poliwhirl, considering that she simply adored water types and wouldn't waste the chance of talking about them. "I mean, he just knocked out Weepinbell with one Ice Punch…!"

"…And don't you ever back down again!" a voice growled. Ash walked ahead, intrigued by the voice, and saw, from afar, Damien scolding his pokémon. There was Weepinbell, Charmander and his Golduck, all looking down at the ground in disappointment.

"I expect better from you three, or else, you'll end up in the wild!" Damien roared. He then recalled his three pokémon and walked away, fuming.

Ash shrugged – some people could never change.


"I'm here to battle you for the Boulder Badge," Ash said as he looked up at Brock. Brock nodded, looking at Ash straight in the eye. Brock walked to his trainer box and Ash did the same, pulling out a pokeball.

"It will be a two-on-two battle, wherein you can switch pokémon. Are the rules alright?" Brock asked.

Ash frowned, but accepted it nevertheless. He was at a minor disadvantage now that he could only use two pokémon, but he had gotten stronger. Nothing would stop him from taking the Boulder Badge.

"Geodude, go!" Brock called out, the boulder with two arms appearing on the field with his usual scowl.

"Amethyst, go!" Ash said. The Sableye materialized on the floor and grinned at Geodude, who simply replied with a growl.

Forrest walked up to his spot, a flag in each hand. "Begin!" he declared.

"Amethyst, use Leer!" Ash ordered, Amethyst's eyes glowing red as she glared at Geodude, intimidating him and making him lose some energy.

"Geodude, use Rollout!" Brock commanded, and the sturdy rock began hurtling towards Amethyst, rapidly gaining speed.

Ash grinned before calling out, "Brick Break!" Brock's eyes widened in horror as he realized Geodude was en route to meeting Amethyst's fists, now glowing tremendously. When Geodude finally met Amethyst's fists, there was a loud crack before the armed rock was sent flying back towards Brock, unconscious.

The rock-type expert gave Ash an impressed grin. This kid has grown so much in few days… "Well done. Not many have taken Geodude out in one hit… But not many have taken out Onix in one hit!"

Before Ash could respond, a brilliant glow was emitted, dying down to expose the magnificent rock snake that let out a deafening roar that made Ash cover his ears.

By now, Ash knew that Onix's weak point were the rocks that he rested on. If he could strike the serpentine pokémon there, then it would be easy to defeat Brock.

"Amethyst, Leer!" Ash knew that Amethyst couldn't win this round, but he had to weaken Onix enough for his other pokémon to knock him out.

"You can lower Onix's defenses all you want; Onix is too powerful for you!" Brock laughed before ordering a Tackle. Amethyst swerved to her side, not avoiding the full brunt of the attack, but it didn't matter, since normal type attacks didn't affect Amethyst's ghost typing. Onix's tail scraped her body and pinned her to the ground.

"Teleport to the end of Onix's tail and use Brick Break!" he cried out.

"Wait, what?" Brock narrowed his eyes in confusion. As far as he knew, a Sableye couldn't learn Teleport, not naturally or by breeding. Meanwhile, Amethyst vanished and the appeared near the rocks Onix rested on. Brock blanched as Onix stood no chance at dodging and roared in agony, a strident crack echoing in the gym from the swift chop Amethyst gave.

"Finish her, Onix – Iron Tail!" Brock growled, his patience worn thin. Onix's tail glowed brightly as he readied it, intimidating Amethyst to slam his tail on her.

There's no way Amethyst can escape tha – No, she can! Teleport! "Amethyst, use Teleport and get out of there, followed by Night Shade!" Ash exclaimed, grinning. "After that, use Brick Break!"

Sure enough Amethyst disappeared and Onix's tail hit only the air and then the ground, kicking up a great amount of dust. A few seconds later, a red glow was seen followed by a cry of pain. The dust cleared out and Onix was seen wriggling in pain, Amethyst teleporting all over his body and delivering swift chops.

Adrenaline rushed through his blood. "Amethyst, use Brick Break! Aim for the cracked rock on his tail!"

Amethyst nodded and teleported once more, this time to the ground while Onix screwed his eyes shut in pain. The Sableye then, sadistically, put all her strength in her fist, which was glowing brightly, as if it was the sun. She then smashed the rock with her fist, leaving Onix's mouth open as he fell to the ground, utterly defeated.

"…You win." Brock stared blankly.

A wide grin split Ash's face apart. "Amethyst, we did it! We won our first gym!" Amethyst grinned, as always, and teleported to Ash's side, hugging him while Ash did the same. "You were awesome, Amethyst!" he said as he smiled at the darkness pokémon.

"I must admit, Ash. You pulled off a great victory," Misty said with a smile.

"Ash, you were amazing!" Leaf exclaimed, stopping right in front of him. "I knew you could do it!"

Brock interrupted their impromptu celebration with a clearing of his throat. "You did a good job; both of you. And here is your Boulder Badge," Brock said as he handed over the gray, octagonal badge to Ash, who beamed at it before flashing it.

"I got the…Boulder Badge!" he exclaimed with his fingers in a 'V' form, Amethyst jumping up in celebration.

"There is a confession I have to make, Ash. The truth is I don't really want to be a Gym Trainer. My love for pokémon has instead led me to want to be a pokémon breeder," Brock said sadly.

Ash, Leaf and Misty all remembered that Flint had told them the same thing.

"Unfortunately, I have to stay here and care for my siblings, and family comes first," Brock continued while gesturing to his siblings behind him. "Ash, you are a great trainer and really care for your pokémon. If it's not too much trouble, would you help me fulfil my dream by any chance? If you come across anything valuable to the well-being of a pokémon, whether it be food, techniques, or anything, could you please let me know?"

"I will, Brock," Ash responded.

Brock smiled. "Thank you, Ash—" he said, but he was interrupted by the door opening. The group turned to see who had entered the gym, and everyone saw that it was Flint who entered, with a shameful look on his face.

"Flint? What are you doing here?" Ash asked.

Flint, instead, simply walked towards Brock. He then took off the cap covering his eyes and fake beard to reveal a man who looked a lot like Brock; the only real difference was a slightly aged face and a few grey hairs.

"My father," Brock said in shock, with a hint of disdain in his voice as his siblings gasped in surprise. They didn't remember their father much like Brock did, but could still tell it was him.

"Wait…What?! You're the good-for-nothing father who left?" Ash exclaimed in surprise.

"I am," Flint answered sadly. He then turned to Brock. "Brock, you should go and follow your dream to be a Pokémon Breeder. I will stay here and care for my family and the gym like I should have been doing. I've been a terrible father so far, but I would like to try and make up for it the best way I can. I know saying sorry won't be enough so I need to do it through my actions."

"Wait a minute. If you are Brock's father, then why were you helping me?" Ash asked.

"I already told you. I sensed something special in you. If I helped you, I felt something good might happen, and it did. I realized the error of my ways and want to be a proper father to Brock and the rest of the family," Flint answered.

"Thank you," Brock said. Turning to Ash, he said, "Hey, Ash. As I've said before, you are a great trainer, and I admire the bond you have with your pokémon. I think we can each learn a lot from each other. You wouldn't mind if I came with you on your journey, would you?"

"I don't mind at all, Brock. The more the merrier!" Ash said. "Is that okay with you guys?" he asked Leaf and Misty, who nodded.

"Thank you," Brock said gratefully.

"Thank you for giving me a chance, Brock. I won't let you or siblings down as a father any more," Flint said.

"Before I go, there are some things I have to tell you," Brock said seriously.

Flint sighed. "I understand. I imagine there are many things you need to get off your chest. I'm ready."

"Here," Brock said as he handed him a pencil and a piece of paper.

"What are these for?" Flint asked in confusion before Brock went off a huge number of special needs each of his siblings had, ranging from allergies, to dislikes of foods, to bedtimes, to favourite stories.

Flint was frantically trying to keep up with writing everything down before finally saying in frustration, "Slow down! I can't write that fast!"


Yes, Damien is the same guy who disowns Charmander. Go figure.

My idea of including certain characters earlier is that they'll play a bigger role during Ash's journey (yes, Damien will play a bigger role which-is-not-that-big-but-it-certainly-is-big-enough). Paul too will play a significant role, being a major rival for Ash alongside Gary and those other goons.

...And Ash crushes Brock with Amethyst! Hooray for him!

Next is hapter eight: Trouble at Mount Moon

And now to answering your questions!

When will ash start to get annoyed with Misty.

He won't.

can ash catch an absol

In Kanto? No, since they are not found in Kanto. Even if I did try to fit in an Absol it just wouldn't work out.

interesting battle clubs.
but hope you will change ash brawler attitude and acting smarter with worthy knowledge.
Like checking other trainer data, knowing about berries, food, stats, etc.

This story doesn't include a brilliantly smart Ash where his knowledge is like a professor's, but he certainly is fairly smarter than in the anime. As the story goes on, Ash will get smarter and more mature.

Will you write mewtwo strike back?

Yes I will.

And now, I'll see you guys in Mount Moon - err, the next chapter! Don't forget to review!